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Apple A6 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A6/A6X (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1) |
| Architecture | A6 | Krait |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A5 | |
| Successor | Apple A7 |
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Swift | 4x Krait |
| Frequency: | 1.30 GHz | 1.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno 320 |
| GPU frequency | 0.27 GHz | 0.55 - 0.55 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | / 16 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2012 | Q1/2012 |
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon QDSP6 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| Memory | LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| TDP | ||
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2012 | Q1/2013 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |